Clean Water Trust Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 3, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 15, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Clean Water Trust Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to establish in the Treasury the Clean Water Trust Fund, to be funded by user fees, to finance certain FWPCA programs and activities, including: (1) water pollution reduction and control; (2) technical assistance for small rural communities; (3) the National Center for Utility Management; (4) grants to states and interstate agencies to assist in the management of pollution control programs; (5) watershed pilot projects; (6) regional water pollution control; (7) alternative water source projects; (8) sewer overflow control; (9) fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement; and (10) wetlands restoration.
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to nonprofit organizations to: (1) provide technical assistance to rural and small municipalities for wastewater infrastructure financing; and (2) establish a National Center for Utility Management to promote improved management of public wastewater utilities.
Revises: (1) eligibility requirements for grants for sewage collection systems; and (2) state water pollution revolving fund provisions. Establishes a grant program under FWPCA to address the most serious water pollution problems.
Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) make grants to states, nonprofit organizations, and other entities for fresh water, estuarine, and marine fisheries habitat protection, preservation, and restoration; and (2) make grants to states for wetlands restoration.
Revises funding allocations for state water pollution control projects and activities serving Indian tribes and reservations.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2006 to Nov 14, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | May 3, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 4, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Melissa L. Bean | May 4, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | May 18, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | May 18, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | May 19, 2006 | |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | May 19, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | May 23, 2006 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Jun 28, 2006 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Dec 15, 2005 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Dec 16, 2005 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 15, 2005 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Jan 3, 2006 | |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Dec 15, 2005 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
- Dec 17, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2574)
- Dec 16, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 15, 2005Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2574 | John J. Duncan, Jr. R-TN | Dec 17, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-315 | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007537 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 16, 2006–Apr 6, 2006 |
| — | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007312 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 27, 2006 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40098 | Water Quality Issues in the 111th Congress: Oversight and Implementation Archived | Report | Jan 11, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Clean Water Trust Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Animals
- Authorization
- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Estuaries
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Fishery management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publications
- Government trust funds
- Great Lakes
- Gulf of Mexico
- Habitat conservation
- Infrastructure
- Lakes
- Long Island Sound
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Nonpoint source pollution
- Nonprofit organizations
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public utilities
- Restoration ecology
- Revolving funds
- Right of property
- Sewage treatment
- Sewerage
- Social Welfare
- Waste water treatment
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
- Wetlands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
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